Most Bizarre and Controversial Bathurst 1000 moments EVER! - Repco Bathurst 1000 | Supercars 2023

[@stormus65]

The Echidna....'The most Australian reason for a Safety Car'

[@jeffreyrumbold9363]

Sneaked in to get a better - and free - view of the race.

[@BlairSauer]

Still remember that one as clear as if it was yesterday.

[@juim1j]

I thought Knuckles liked speed?

[@jameswormsley460]

@@juim1j 🔥🔥🔥

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

@@juim1j He love speed so he trying to watch inside the track 🤣

[@theshrew8853]

That 2005 Bathurst had absolutely EVERYTHING

[@F1Kamel_1992]

Yeah, everything from a loose toe link on the Triple 8 Falcon, the errant wheel off Paul Dumbrell's car, the balaclava that Ambrose forgot to wear and the verbal spat with Greg Murphy.

[@Al-of3zp]

Bloody frostbite

[@lordracer7743]

The 2014 race had even more of absolutely EVERYTHING

[@aus80srockradio94]

@@lordracer7743 The 2014 race was in a league of it's own as far as drama & action is concerned. The only thing that didn't mess up the race was rain. There will never be another one like it!

[@jackstevens8149]

I will never EVER get over Coulthard holding the field up, I can't explain how furious I was at the time.

[@jeffreyrumbold9363]

Yeah, that was a sorry piece of strategy. Love how in the interview the team member claims overheating under the SC. Umm, speed up and get some air moving through the rad, duh. What cheek.

[@sriley064]

I'll never get over that Ambrose didn't flatten that piece of crap,he should have given the bonehead a nap, Coulthard or his race engineer just didn't want to double stack

[@thatninjarider]

"I don't know where the accident is" Brother, it's 150m from your pit garage. You can see pit lane in the shot.

[@tgmrsch]

DJR and 888 are both guilty of destroying everyone else's races and the fairness of the series for their own gain

[@thatsimracer666]

well penske is the biggest cheats in motorsports

[@fusion7246]

This is why the Bathurst 1000 is the greatest race, anything can and will happen, even things you never even thought could happen, ever year something absolutely bizarre happens, gotta love it

[@troyburton7709]

Expect the least expected?

[@MLaak86]

There is something about that Mountain that no other track has.

[@AvgeekCarGeek]

3:23 iconic Murphy moment

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

0:54 Not only hit his teammate, but pushed his teammate into Percat, who's also part of the team.

[@sgtepicspeed3033]

He was a Walkinshaw driver at the time.

[@carculture3376]

I still find it crazy that the cars involved in the turn two incidents between 3:51 and 4:01 went on to finish 1st and 2nd that year.

[@F1Kamel_1992]

HOLY COW! How on earth did Lowndes survive a high speed collision with the errant front tyre?

[@dukedragon28]

Roll Cage holding strong

[@Preso_]

The Larry Bar ironically.

[@F1Kamel_1992]

@@Preso_ Yes, I heard Craig Lowndes say to Cromley during an interview in 2012 that the diagonal bar saved him from serious head injuries.

[@scubametalhippy]

I think they took the front and rear glass out and let him finish the race from memory.

[@F1Kamel_1992]

@@scubametalhippy Yeah I noticed

[@jaxonjohns2798]

3:57 it’s crazy after this, and starting at the back of the grid PM and CM still won Bathurst

[@jackstevens8149]

And Moffat & Douglas after being in the fence twice somehow still finished 2nd. The 2014 Bathurst 1000 will forever be the greatest Motorsport race in history!

[@Wingyy1995]

@Jack Stevens is my favourite 1000 for sure, it was so filled with drama and a result no one expected. 2006 was special for sure as we all know but 2014 absolutely popped off

[@walover165]

To this day, I will maintain the Larry bar saved Lowndesy's life.

[@RevoRob007]

Too right. If that wheel had of gotten inside the cabin it eould have been game over for Lowndes.

[@FlashoftheBlades]

Who is that bar named after?

[@walover165]

@@FlashoftheBlades Larry Perkins, who first brought it in.

[@FlashoftheBlades]

@@walover165 Ah, that name sounds familiar.

[@RevoRob007]

@@FlashoftheBlades Larry Perkins

[@Al-of3zp]

2005 was the coldest I've ever been in my life! I'll never forget being there.

[@iancanuckistan2244]

What a great compilation on this iconic race!

[@Will89114fmeyea]

What a lucky little critter, glad it made it unharmed, respect to the drivers for avoiding it!. 😊

[@bentsgreen3704]

That echidna was just minding his own business

[@rjskillz92]

"How do you know it's a he?"

[@jaxonjohns2798]

Well what is it then?

[@bentsgreen3704]

@@rjskillz92 just saying that cause the commentators said it was a he

[@rjskillz92]

@@bentsgreen3704 and I'm literally just repeating what Skaifey said.

[@QF_Dan72]

looking for master emerald

[@jakebradbury6084]

2019 was some of the worst sportsmanship I’ve ever seen

[@KingL1berty]

Why?

[@brendanpearson865]

@@KingL1berty fabain coultard dropping back massively under safety car to limit the effect of the double stack

[@mozzaplaysgames7897]

Agreed that was, and still is disgusting. Ruined so many peoples races, Surprised DJR wasn't disqualified from the whole event

[@brendenmalzard3269]

Yes mate there's totally true

[@Not_A_Cat]

Utter filth by Fabian and Penske.

[@aimanfitri0iv]

my favourite is the 2005 controversy i mean it's head-to-head like very insane

[@williamdovey9971]

Nothing in the world racing beats our BATHURST wet , sunny . windy . Hail Bathurst is Bathurst ! . CHEERS. .

[@jimmykneesall]

1:10 - Mark Winterbottom very-much needing one! Great video BTW. 👍

[@AdamantJHS]

5:06 Thought the commentator was going to drop the f-bomb for a second there.

[@davidmelville5675]

I reckon you're right. LOL

[@1AmSpeedy]

“One of those things” he says with a grin

[@b4llesterosg4mer91]

😃 one of those things

[@LHudson21201]

It's a classic "I've found a loophole in the rules and used it to perfection" kind of smile

[@amp888]

3:28 More context for the Whincup 2015 safety car incident: there's a longer onboard from Whincup's car which shows that the green lights on the SC were indeed being displayed (they flashed three times as he approached). This wasn't shown on the official broadcast, and isn't in this edit, but it can be viewed by searching for the clip titled "Jamie Whincup interview with Mark Skaife - 2015 Bathurst". The rules stated that you were allowed to pass the SC when given a signal (the green light), so he was obviously hoping to capitalise on the mistake of the SC operators.

[@sdstewart87]

Wrong. Was just Whincup and T8 doing what they always did and trying to get away with flouting the rules

[@amp888]

@@sdstewart87 There's literally video evidence showing the green lights in the video I mentioned.

[@jackstevens8149]

You're correct. The first flash over the crest on Mountain Straight was green! Whincup was hard done by that day, you can't expect to change the lights on a car approaching at 255kph it's ridiculous to expect it to slow up in time.

[@_j_j]

Poor form for that to be left out in the edit. Clearly not wholly or predominantly the fault of the driver & felt like the driver was scape goated to try to mitigate damage to the institutions reputation. It's water under the bridge now you'd hope with the benefit of hindsight people could admit that he was definitely shown the green lights. Also fun fact, our peripheral colour vision is terrible, our eyes are much worse than cameras but our brain makes us think they work like cameras.

[@amp888]

@@_j_j Indeed.

[@Therabidrabbit89]

2:30 Good work from the fireys, that could've ended a whole lot worse.

[@Toastybear1]

“Race control have not told us where the safety car is, go very slowly use extreme caution” Absolute genius. Did they get a penalty for backing the pack up there? Penalty or no, still genius.

[@607racing]

Yes, they were penalized

[@cab63868386]

At 8:45 where he says it’s one of those things isn’t it with that smirk on his face is what happens when an honest person gets caught red handed with whatever they’re doing that they know is wrong and dishonest

[@donwest5387]

lack of info from race control

[@Fastbikkel]

This is such an incredible track, i absolutely love it.

[@426dfv]

Good old days when we're still manufacturing cars.

[@andrewparrott7260]

OMG, the door fell off. 😖🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@luxurypalm]

I love the Echidna lmao

[@Wingyy1995]

2014 Bathurst was just something else...

[@BlairSauer]

Yeah the poor road surface quality if I remember correctly. If that's the one I'm thinking of where part of the track was breaking up. That was horrible.

[@Wingyy1995]

@Blair Sauer yeah that's the race, but it was the "road breaking up" part that made it a brilliant race, there were SO many things that happened before, after and because of the red flag to fix T2. Definitely worthy of "the great race" title

[@slappedgoat4967]

So many crazy moments there.. amped for next weekend!!

[@gribblegrobblegrabble]

The door falling off is so funny.

[@aus80srockradio94]

What was the "controversial" bit about Skaife/Jason Richards 2002 win??

[@nickolaskoukoutas3115]

theirs a lot of crashes missing, was not put together very well .

[@mitch3822]

2:00 barely holden together huh

[@ryanclan]

I don’t think many people know this but when the echidna was there, there was also a albino Kangaroo

[@brianrigsby7900]

1:03 wait…so can you repaint a normal cop car and turn it into an undercover car…?😂😂😂😂 or are not all light bars like that?😂😂😂😂😂

[@ElysiumNZ]

Even today that five minute penalty for Murphy seems very harsh.

[@FlashoftheBlades]

Almost as bad as stripping a win away.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Never a Murphy fan but that was totally unjustified

[@andrewfinch6351]

Love the highlights!

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

1:12 look at the back of the ford it’s got it’s tail on fire at this Bathurst circuit of 2009 coming in the pits

[@billyyank5807]

I had to look up what that animal was the Echidna. Leave it to Australia to have the only egg laying mammals on earth 😂

[@thomassultana263]

They didn't show the kangaroo , the dog or the horse, but then again I'm old so I've seen a lot. Also Brock getting shunted from behind as he crossed the line in 84, by his team mate (he was blinded by the setting sun) or Wincup lining up Tander

[@my12spoonswithrose43]

There were no Roos or water hazards featured. Come on guys

[@aleister666xx]

Winterbottom's rear is on FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥

[@indopleaser]

Very suspicious, the car that caught fire immediately followed by the KFC ad for the flaming sizzlers

[@RebelTXWrestling]

Knuckles almost got run over.

[@brendanhartzer5712]

2:23 Greg Murphy received a 5 minute penalty for this incident in 2002

[@brianrigsby7900]

1:57 um…how…?😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dragon_Vids3]

Cuz it’s a holden

[@KevinSmith-yo8qb]

Wheres the one where the pit crew take to the boot of a Celica with an axe ( the fuel cap was in the boot and the car had been shunted from behind bending the boot)

[@Lightningchaser92]

i don't get it. What was with the 2002 plastic bag controvercy? I did not see anyhing that seemed strange.

[@F1Kamel_1992]

Gusts of wind was the reason why Craig Lowndes retired from the race although Skaife soldiered on with a plastic bag stuck on the radiator in which the oil and coolant temperature went off the scale.

[@Lightningchaser92]

@@F1Kamel_1992 aha. I get it.

[@derosiflo6524]

Bruh, they did get Knuckles on the event

[@brandonpennington1983]

The one where he pulled off with the gas hose connected, those guys were ready they were spraying fire suppressant on there immediately.

[@Bims-t5b]

There needs to be an svg vs verstappen because those two men absolutely dominate the racing series they race in

[@aircholo1245]

1:57 door 😂😂😂

[@BlairSauer]

FAF that was. I vaguely remember that one.

[@europia]

THAT is crazy drivers 😎🤠

[@barryquinn9368]

Ambrose versus Murphy, 2 angry men

[@matthowland3550]

We not going to comment on how fast the fire marshal threw foam down on the fuel spill?

[@tonyflaherty5021]

R.I.P commodore you went out the champion

[@duck74UK]

Whats the story behind the bag one?

[@noneck3099]

Gusts of wind was the reason why Craig Lowndes retired from the race although Skaife soldiered on with a plastic bag stuck on the radiator in which the oil and coolant temperature went off the scale.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Proper motor racing ❤️

[@rossbritton4008]

Murphy hit him with full throttle. NO backing off for the corner..WHAM..

[@peterbarber7613]

Ross Britton. What do you expect when Ambrose turned in front of Murphy

[@bogged2theeyeballs695]

@@peterbarber7613 Accident was completely Murphy's fault. Ambrose would have easily put that 2lb sook Murphy's lights out and I wish he did.

[@FlashoftheBlades]

@@bogged2theeyeballs695And I wish that Skaife had done the same thing to Ingall at Eastern Creek in 2003.

[@speedwaynutt]

We can now add Practice Snake

[@Rivondbdttv]

i was about to comment this

[@yxeaviationphotog]

Is there any context to the "Plastic Bag Conspiracy" at 11:14, from the 2002 race?

[@thesausage351]

They were expecting the car to overheat and from memory he slowed his pace slightly, and everyone though it wouldn’t make it.

[@KBEXAU]

​@@thesausage351plus lowndes had to stop because a plastic bag aswell

[@thesausage351]

@@KBEXAU yeah, that’s right. Not like Moffats GTHO screaming with a cardboard box over the grille. (Also happy 84th birthday to Allan Moffat today 10/11)

[@davidmelville5675]

If you go back and look at the front of the car you'll see a plastic bag stuck in the radiator inlet. The car began overheating badly but if they'd pitted to get rid of the bag they would have fallen too far back. It was too late in the race to make the ground back up. It was a fantastic finish to that race. They were either going to win or detonate the engine.

[@SWR_Quackula]

1:10 I think he needs to be renamed Mark Firebottom after that

[@woopimagpie]

Yeah he wasn't very "frosty" that day.

[@Mcnibbus]

My boy knuckles brought out the safety

[@DIARRHEA-PANIC]

02:22 awesome fore sight by the Marshalls 🫡

[@jandrijfhout6318]

What are those LED lights on the right side of the front windows?

[@RACINGUS95]

I think that shows if either the main driver or co-driver is in the car. Idk for sure tho

[@ClayLewis797]

3:19 5 MINUTES!

[@alfaganstha]

Best time in v8z

[@scottl.1568]

So how did that last incident end?? How on Earth did they not Red Flag it?

[@minibus9]

nice complation

[@bladimilsanchez7905]

Never ending action,I love it,

[@williamcozbie1233]

How did that spiky little menace not get pancaked?

[@Maulo93]

Yes 2014 was a crazy year

[@jgonzalezvazquez]

Aunque son extractos de vídeos ya vistos interesa volverlos a ver. 👍👍🇪🇦🇦🇷

[@acecombat2shill]

you could fill this with 2014 stuff

[@suhdud4646]

The organizers should introduce an "Animal on track" hazard flag.

[@dukedragon28]

Thats what Yellow/ Red and Yellow is for, but if Supercars does it like that idk

[@FlashoftheBlades]

@@dukedragon28Yellow flag with an animal silhouette on the flag, perhaps?

[@layerdballoonswe]

We need these cars in acc looks like fun espacially that volvo

[@lukebennison1504]

Can you add the bathurst 1000 2010 please

[@MotivationExMe]

7:45 - The exact reason teams shouldn't be allowed. Absolute opposite of sportsmanship.

[@pliantimpala7858]

Yeah, pretty disgusting, I was told after that this happened and why. And then told the leader is known for doing dodgy and shady things.

[@aaronboard6738]

When the commentator won’t shut up so he can actually hear the radio calls telling him about the illegal manoeuvre.

[@toyona_9788]

13:36 So thrilling to watch 🤣

[@MattySteven-ou7kz]

The Echidna is so Australian.

[@Mhjeffrey027running]

3:28.....Saftey Car?

[@Bartman954]

Supercars needs a proof-reader

[@neylemcp9209]

That's really funny the Chrysler 300 failing apart as it drove down the road. Welcome to reality

[@747fa]

Supercars. What was so bizarre and controversial about the Scaife drive at the 12 minute mark of this video??

[@maxiking8816]

I expected more aggressiveness in this

[@CJ-xk7vs]

Seeing Ambrose getting a touch-up by Murphy. Well Deserved wreck.

[@GeorgeMilutinovich]

Ford Betta car had frond glass demage form the wheel of one of the cars.

[@tonyflaherty5021]

Hands down best race in the world....leaps ahead

[@bus5683]

I wonder if Marcos wasn’t the only one who wasn’t wearing one

[@thesausage351]

Mate, Marcos was a target back then, they wouldn’t have even looked at anyone else.

[@rods6405]

@@thesausage351 Thats true! They really had it in for him!

[@thesausage351]

@@rods6405 look what that maggot did at Bathurst! How the hell do you turn right coming into a left hander!

[@luifly88]

Didn't Skaife have a drive through for his rear door being open

[@andyhayward358]

As soon as Fabian went stupidly slow, we all knew the pressure was off car 17s pitstop. 120+ laps of good racing went down the drain for every other team and driver.

[@bartonez123]

Didn't really change the pressure on 17 much, they were racing triple eight for the lead in that stop, would have had a couple of seconds buffer behind them too regardless. It was purely to benefit Coulthard because the double stack would have sent him tumbling. It did up the pressure on the rest of the field though, and kind of all for nothing as the penalty they got negated any gains they got (and then some).

[@lincolndethomasis6602]

​@@bartonez123car 97 was actually not required to stop as they had stopped more recently than the leaders and would've taken the lead. They would've had the advantage of track position and potentially could've kept it with the help of the next safety car

[@ivovasilev2671]

Look at all them V8 Vectras...

[@adamgalic610]

what a robbery in 2019

[@specialized29er86]

We stopped watching the race in 94 with the start of the modern cars that all looked the same.

[@vesnabernjak-ord8674]

Literally nobody care’s.

[@Itsheisenberg]

03:28 - What’s a “SAFTEY CAR”?

[@GeorgeMilutinovich]

Investigate Jack Daniels Car #15 over theloose wheel incident and demage fFord Betta Electical Vehicle.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

BATHURST IS RUINED WITHOUT AN AUSTRALIAN CAR AT ALL ! R.I.P THE KING HOLDEN 🌹

[@stigrabbid589]

Yeah, they don't even have an Australian market only model for a non-Aussie brand like the old Ford Falcon, would be like if Nascar only had foreign cars and no Chevys or Fords.

[@GeorgeMilutinovich]

There is a Cstrol Redbull car up yhe Mountain racing.

[@scottl.1568]

Ford Mustang!!

[@Acme12345]

Ambrose was always known as the RAT